中考英语时文阅读训练含答案

2018中考英语时文阅读训练一（共10篇）

一

“Which is the world’s largest island?” “How many legs does a crab have?” These questions can be found in the book Hundred Thousand Whys. However, they are also on different live-streaming (直播) quiz shows.

Millions of people across China are competing on the shows by using apps such as Huajiao Zhibo and Xigua Shipin. Different from traditional TV quiz shows like Happy Dictionary , anyone with a smartphone can join in on the shows several times a day.

Each show takes around 30 minutes. A host will ask 12 questions. Online players usually have 10 seconds to answer each question.

The shows’ cash prizes are from 100,000 to 5 million yuan. Winners share the prize money at the end. How do they split (分摊) the money? It depends on the total amount of money and the number of winners. Players can win as little as less than 1 yuan or as much as over 40,000 yuan.

Many people have downloaded the quiz show apps. More than 4 million people simultaneously (同时地) logged onto Huajiao Zhibo to answer questions on several occasions in January, CCTV News reported.

Players are enjoying turning their knowledge into a chance to win cash (金钱) prizes. The questions give them an opportunity to learn new knowledge . But what players like most is the feeling of pride they get when they’re the only ones left after a long and difficult round, according to The New York Times.

1.Which of the following is a traditional TV quiz show?

A. Huajiao Zhibo.

B. Xigua Shipin.

C. Happy Dictionary.

D. Spring Gala.

2. How long does each online quiz show last?

A. About 30 minutes.

B. About 12 minutes.

C. About 10 minutes.

D. About 5 minutes.

3. What is the main idea of the fourth paragraph?

A. How big the cash prizes are.

B. How winners share the prize money.

C. When winners get their prize money.

D. Why winners have to share the prize money.

4. The author wrote the last paragraph to _____.

A. introduce a new kind of TV show

B. explain why people like to take part in online quiz shows

C. encourage people to use their knowledge to win cash prizes

D. describe how many people are watching the online quiz shows

二

Cape Town, the second-biggest city in South Africa, is now in d_______(1). The city is running out of water. From June to July, the city may have no water for homes and businesses.

How can a city run out of water? T____(2) answer this question, we need to

take a look at where our water comes from.

Water c______(3)70 percent of Earth’s surface (表面). But most of that is seawater. Freshwater is what we use to drink, take showers and cook food. Less than 1 percent of the water is fresh and accessible (可使用的).

Usually, freshwater comes from rivers and lakes. But the a______(4)of accessible water changes over time. People build reservoirs (水库) to help store water so that they always have enough water to use. During r______(5) times, the reservoir stores water from rivers. When it is dry, the reservoir releases water back into the rivers.

Underground (地下) water is a______(6) source of freshwater. For example, water from wells (井) is a kind of underground water.

The ocean can also give us water. But we need to get rid of its s_______(7). This can be expensive. So it is not very common in poor countries.

Cape Town’s water problem is due to p_________(8) growth and a record drought (创记录的干旱). Now, people in this city are trying to save water. Each person is using less than 100 liters of water a day, a_______（9）to the Xinhua News Agency. The government in Cape Town is trying to find a way to use ocean water to help s______(10)the problem.

三

A young man was on a train. As the train turned a corner, it slowed down and then a plain house came into sight. The house looked so d______(1) from the grey apartment buildings of the city that everybody on the train turned to look at it. Some passengers began to talk about it.

The young man was also i________(2) in the house. He decided to get off at the next station and make his way to the house. The o_____(3) of the house told him that he was trying to sell the house, but no one would buy it, as the n____(4) of the trains passing nearby made it unsuitable to live in.

The young man decided to buy the house right then and there for $30,000. He used it for advertising (做广告), as the house f______(5) the railway bend (弯道). The train had to slow down at the b______(6), giving the passengers p_______(7) of time to look at the house.

The young man went to several big c_________(8)and explained the advantages of placing advertisements on the side of the house. Finally, one company a_______(9) to place some ads. The young man was paid $180,000 for three years of advertising.

In this world, turning disadvantages into advantages is the k____(10)to success.

四

Few students like it, but homework is an important part of secondary school life in the UK.

The UK has these government guidelines (指导方针) for homework: Years 7